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No, I think you're right. RobotRollCall sets up a straw man with the Wile E Coyote example. Electric attraction travels at the speed of light, yet you would fee
by tedsanders 13y ago
No, I think you're right. RobotRollCall sets up a straw man with the Wile E Coyote example. Electric attraction travels at the speed of light, yet you would feel it right away after walking off a cliff.
- radarsat1 13y agoIn fact you "feel" gravity all the time, even when you're not falling... in the mechanoreceptors in your feet.
- jheriko 13y agodon't forget the 'sixth sense' - there are three little accelerometers in each of your ears, and cool little feedback control system that keeps your eyes constantly cancelling out the tiny variations in position that your head constantly undergoes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vestibular_system http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vestibular_system afaik its the only sense which doesn't primarily detect electromagnetic effects.
- radarsat1 13y agonot to mention that the force that your muscles are exerting to stay standing up continuously keep your brain informed about proprioception.